Corporate Governance Specialist

About the role

The Corporate Governance Specialist works in the Executive Office, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, within the Corporate Governance and Board Affairs unit. The unit keeps the governance framework, corporate policy lifecycle, delegation of authority and Board and committee records, and handles governance filings required by regulators. The specialist safeguards the governance of matters passing through the Executive Office, including policies, decision-making authorities and executive records, and owns the governance framework, corporate policy lifecycle and document control standards for material produced or received by the CEO and Deputy CEOs.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the Corporate Governance focal point for the Executive Office.
• Prepare and circulate Executive and committee agendas, meeting papers and notices, and write and archive minutes, including the special meeting minutes register.
• Track resolutions and action items through to closure and ensure timely access to minutes and records.
• Maintain the corporate policy register and template, managing the policy lifecycle from drafting to review.
• Own the Delegation of Authority matrix, including authorities, approval thresholds and validity periods.
• Verify that decisions, contracts and payments have the right approval before execution and keep the approval trail.
• Set and enforce document control standards and maintain registers of correspondence, letters and regulatory communications.
• Maintain the corporate records repository, including licenses, commercial registrations, Board resolutions, powers of attorney and signatory lists.
• Prepare the annual corporate governance report, regulatory submissions and governance and Audit Committee reports.
• Administer the conflict of interest policy and related-party transaction processes, and provide secretariat support to Board and committee meetings.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Operations or a related discipline.
• Open to Arab nationals.
• At least five years of relevant experience in corporate governance, Board secretariat, company secretarial, executive office or corporate affairs functions.
• Preferred: experience in banking, investment or financial services, especially in a regulated institution, and experience maintaining a corporate policy framework and Delegation of Authority matrix across departments.
• Professional certification in corporate governance, company secretarial practice or a related discipline strongly preferred.

Required skills

• Governance framework ownership and corporate governance and Board secretariat.
• Minute writing and meeting documentation, document and records management.
• Corporate policy lifecycle and Delegation of Authority management.
• Bilingual drafting and communication, discretion and confidentiality, stakeholder coordination, attention to detail.